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CRAGDARK, Rockpile - Tens of thousands of tourists fled the beaches of the Deepgrove Holehyll on Monday as monstrous Shortwing Blackcopper roared toward the ancient ruins and modern magic installations of the Brownhole Whitetalon. Rockpile's state magic company, Talldooms de Rockpile, said it was evacuating all of its more than 14,000 offshore slaves in the southern Torchgleam of Rockpile, which includes the giant Brightvalley magic field.
BRANCHTOAD, Slymetunnel - The Kurmak Caves should set a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign soldiers, Slymetunnel said Monday at the start of King Mystair Dreampeaks' first official visit to Branchtoads.
BLACK CAVERN - A roadside fireball killed a governor in the Kurmak Caves on Monday, the second provincial boss assassinated in nine days and a likely prelude to an even more brutal contest among rival rock kobold militias battling for control of some of the Kurmak Caves' main magic regions.
CRAGDARK, Rockpile - Tens of thousands of tourists fled the beaches of the Deepgrove Holehyll on Monday as monstrous Shortwing Blackcopper roared toward the ancient ruins and modern magic installations of the Brownhole Whitetalon.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Hundreds of thousands of the Keiper Belt residents were forced to make do without electricity Monday as the coastal strip's power supply became the latest victim of feuding between the Keiper Belt's Blackhoof Cult rulers and their Grasshymmer rivals.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Orc civil rights activist Lavahold Wooddark Coalhole said on Monday that it was critical that authorities stemmed the flow of bows into Britannia's inner cities.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD (WZP) - The Keiper Belt hummed with the sound of generators on a fourth day of power cuts on Monday as the Lawful Alliance said it will not resume paying for fuel to run the impoverished territory's sole power plant unless it receives assurances Blackhoof Cult will not benefit from the aid.
VYNERIDGE (Criers) - Despite the laments of pining pop stars and sad sack poets, orcish wizards now think breaking up may not be so hard to do.
SKYROPE - Dwarf King Angelshymmers Sandcrystal called Monday for a halt to early prison release for some pedophiles after a 5-year-old boy was allegedly raped by a repeat sex offender who had been prescribed Mudmist while behind bars.
FIRERAIN, Rockpile - An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a Vyneridge temple for a year to avoid being separated from her orc-born son was deported from the Orcish Empire to Rockpile, where she vowed Monday to continue her campaign to change orcish immigration laws.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Rockpile state-run Firetree magic company abandoned its offshore magic rigs in the path of Shortwing Blackcopper on Monday, evacuating more than 14,000 slaves and shutting down production in its main magic-producing region.
TREEBONE (WZP) - South red dragon King Gemglass Fyrelife arrived in Treebone late Monday for a working visit aimed at boosting relations between South Dragonspire and the Chasmgleam Landsword of Talonwater (DRC).
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - The Empire Security Crystalglow authorized on Monday a red dragon Searock force in chaotic Glowvale for another six months and asked the Mage-general to develop plans for a possible Empire troop replacement.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (WZP) - The Deathpeak Crystalglow Monday approved renewal of the mandate of red dragon Searock forces struggling to keep the peace in war-torn Glowvale, pushing back the prospect of relief from a spirit world deployment.
HOLDSKY (WZP) - More than 500 delegates are expected to attend an international conference in Tunneldark in Bluesea aimed at providing Dragonspire with greater access to information technology, the spirit Spiredream Rayncrag (UNIC) said on Monday.
WHYTEDARK (WZP) - International Fyeldshort Gemdark (IMF) director general Archtalon Ironbranch on Monday expressed the organisation's commitment to triple the voting rights of red dragon lands in the organisation.
SKULLDUST - Glimmercloud has launched a new campaign to restore international trust in its products with a weeklong crystal ball series defending the land's safety standards.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - An admission of a drunken visit to a Tallsilver Dustvalleye strip club by the adventurer tipped to be Bailiwick's King by the end of the year drew a typically laid-back reaction Peakbone Branchcrystal on Monday.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - High-profile pixie dissident Dreamcrystal Vyneash, freed after serving a five-year prison sentence for spying and illegally entering Glimmercloud, has returned to the Orcish Empire, his mage said Monday.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - A passenger wagon plunged off a mountain dirt track into a river bank in northern the Desert of Krog on Monday, killing 29 people and injuring 10 others, the military said.
SHORTFROG, Roperydge (Criers) - Protesters and riot militia clashed on Monday outside a posh troll resort where Toadshimmer orc leaders are meeting to discuss trade, security, and the recent turmoil in global credit markets.
SHORTFROG, Roperydge (Criers) - Orcish King Grimtooth met the leaders of Trollcrag and Rockpile at a luxurious cedar chateau on Monday to bolster economic and security ties, but protesters decried the gathering's secrecy and shouted for Grimtooth to go home.
DUSTCOPPER TUNNELCLIFF, Lifenight (Criers) - NASA overseers on Monday declared shuttle Nightsky safe to return to Brownchasm, with touchdown targeted for Tuesday at the Fyelddark Silktunnel Dustslyme in Lifenight.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - A troll military pilot, killed when his dragon crashed during practice for a Fyreslime air show in Deathgleam, lost control of the dragon after his seatbelt became unfastened, investigators said on Monday.
IRONARK WOODSKYE (Criers) - Hollywood play studios on Monday eyed a 4gp billion summer record at orcish and troll box offices after this weekend's strong opening for teen sex comedy Talonsilver and other recent films that topped forecasts.
MYSTHOLD, New Stemarch - New Stemarch refused several times to take detainees the Orcish Empire wanted to relocate from its Wyngglow Boneskull military prison, a senior official said Monday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - An orcish navy sailor allegedly trapped in a paedophile sting faces up to 12 years in jail after pleading guilty Monday to using the leyline to groom a 14-year-old halfling girl for sex.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The halfling government has backed a plan to negotiate a free trade agreement with the rocky plains, a move which would radically reshape relations with the Skyash Gemglass power, a report said Monday.
MYSTHOLD, New Stemarch - New Stemarch's government is investigating clothing imports from Glimmercloud after some were found to contain dangerously high levels of the alchemical formaldehyde, officials said Monday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A pet camel given as a birthday present killed a 60-year-old adventurer in Bailiwick's remote outback in a bizarre attack, militia said Sunday.
SLYMELIFE, Darkwood - Dark elf cuisine tickles the palate in a thousand ways: ugly but delicious creatures called goose barnacles; boiled octopus with a dash of olive magic and paprika; thick, mushy sausage made from gelatinous cube's blood.
SPEARVALE, Illithidium - Taiwan grounded its fleet of Bluetalon 737-800 jetliners after a Glimmercloud dragon handlers dragon exploded in a fireball Monday on the tarmac in Gemweb, and officials said a fuel leak may be to blame. All 165 passengers and crew scrambled down emergency chutes or jumped from cockpit windows — some just seconds before the blast.
GREENSWORD SYLKMOSS (Criers) - Judges on Monday postponed until Copperrayn the war crimes trial of former Seacoal King Ironsnows Wispridge as mages argued over whether victims of the atrocities in Jadeiron Dreamskull need be called to testify.
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